Summer Wednesday Lunchtimes can only mean the beginning of the Riches of Clare free lunchtime concert series, now in its third year. This Clare Arts Office traditional music series will again visit Ennis and almost every corner of Clare over eleven weeks of the summer.
The lunchtime concerts will feature a selection of traditional musicians based in the county and start on May 23th and continue each Wednesday (throughout June and July) until August 1st. The series was hugely successful over the past two years.
“We have had such a positive response to the concerts over the past two years, both from audience and musicians. An important aspect to the series is the fact admission is free, which we hope will encourage people to come along and brighten up their day with a few tunes at lunchtime!” says Finola Ryan, co-ordinator of the concerts.
The series opens in Ennistymon Library on May 23rd with a concert of music in association with Age & Opportunity and the Bealtaine nationwide festival featuring Tommy and Siobhan Peoples, Cyril O’Donoghue and John Maloney. This year sees the series continuing its tour around the county, stopping in Ennis for seven weeks before continuing onto Sixmilebridge, Kilrush and Ballyvaughan.
Look out for posters and bookmarks of the series which are currently distributed throughout the county. The Riches of Clare series is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
The Riches of Clare concerts are as follows:
May 23rd, Ennistymon Library: Siobhan Peoples, Tommy Peoples, Cyril O'Donoghue
& John Maloney
May 30th, Clare Museum, Ennis: Jack Talty, Damien O'Reilly, Ronan O'Flaherty
& Liam Ryan
June 6th, Clare Museum, Ennis: Seamus Bugler, Vincent Griffin, Paddy O'Donoghue
& Joan Calloo
June 13th, Clare Museum, Ennis: Tony Linnane, Jim O'Connor, Mick Conneely
& Deirdre Scanlan
June 20th, Clare Museum, Ennis: John Rynne, Graham Dunne, Liam Lewis &
Niamh Parsons
June 27th, Clare Museum, Ennis: Garry Shannon, Padraig O'Reilly, Anthony
Quigney & Tim Collins
July 4th, Clare Museum, Ennis: Kevin Ryan, Carmel O'Dea, Eddie Moloney
& Martin Darmody
July 11th, Clare Museum, Ennis: Tara Breen, Cillian King & Sean McCarthy
July 18th, Sixmilebridge Library: Martin Glynn, Mary MacNamara, Pat O'Connor
& Geraldine Cotter
July 25th, Vandaleur Gardens, Kilrush: Sinead Heagney, Theresa O’Dea,
David O'Brien & Mick Willis
August 1st, Community Centre, Ballyvaughan: Chris Droney, Jerry Lynch
& Michael Kelleher
For further information contact the Clare Arts Office
on 
or
065-6846267 or Finola Ryan on 087-4199293.
Riches Of Clare at Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge
Riches of Clare at Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge
Riches of Clare at Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge
Riches of Clare at Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge
Riches of Clare at Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge